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Where does “Pentecopterus” come from?

Pentecopterus (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντερος — fifty-oared, an ancient Greek warship.

Ancestry of “Pentecopterus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπεντηκόντεροςfifty-oared, an ancient Greek warship
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